Chapter 2 of The Leatherwood God is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Leatherwood God is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, is it you, David? Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord! Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all. David, is he gone?” “He's gone, Nancy.”
Chapter 2 of The Leatherwood God is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading ““Oh, is it you, David?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “David, is he gone?””
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!”
by chance
From this reading “Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading ““He's gone, Nancy.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
later than; following
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
the act of departing
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
destroyed or killed
From this reading David, is he gone?”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading David, is he gone?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
by chance
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “He's gone, Nancy.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
Chapter 2 of The Leatherwood God by William Dean Howells holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 455 sentences of The Leatherwood God, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Leatherwood God by William Dean Howells exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 455 sentences, grouped into 91 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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